I used to hate kale. I thought it was bitter, and fiber-y, and harsh. I didn’t understand what people were ranting and raving about when honestly, it tasted like I was chomping on tough weeds. I figured people must be brainwashing themselves into liking it […]
Twice a year, the University of Oregon would have a street fair on campus where food trucks, craft booths, and everything in between would set up on the main road. While booking it to Frisco’s, the food truck that had my favorite pulled chicken sandwich, […]
Since I finished the marathon, I’ve gone back to what I know best… Sprint and strength workouts, and it feels SO good! I didn’t realized how much I’ve missed it. There’s just something about hard interval sprinting that running for hours just doesn’t do for me.
(Side Note: I’ll be sharing one of my favorite sprint endurance workouts later this month.)
I feel like there are two kinds of people: Those who can’t stop eating nuts once they’ve started, and those who could take ‘em or leave ‘em. I’m totally a take ‘em or leave ‘em kind of girl, and the whole ‘have a couple handfuls […]
We don’t have store bought salad dressings or dips in our house. I can’t remember the last time I dipped anything in ranch. I usually subject myself to plain, raw veggies at lunch for a couple of days before my body is like, “Screw that!” and I grab some chips to go along with my turkey sandwich.
After reading the title, I know that some of you are probably thinking, “Uhhh. I don’t know about these. I don’t know how much cashews can really taste like cheesecake…” You’d be surprised. I’ve made these bad boys for about a dozen people now, asking […]
So I’m just going to be totally honest here, this doesn’t taste exactly the same as real ice cream, but it’s definitely really good. I’m even considering writing a recipe book for non-dairy ice cream, possibly with the help of these Freelance Ghostwriters since I’m […]
I’m not a big juice person. Even when I was younger and my mom would make that canned OJ from concentrate that everyone loved so much, I would always pass. I’d rather get my extra dose of sugar from more dessert than a glass of juice.
This turned out to be a blessing of sorts. As I got older, I started to understand how bad most juices can be for you, especially the ones from concentrate. Store-bought juices have an average of 6 teaspoons of sugar in a standard cup serving, and most of those teaspoons aren’t from the natural sugars of fruits and veggies, they’re from unnatural, processed sugar that the companies have added.
But like anything, there are exceptions: find a more natural juice at the store, or make your own juice at home. The cold-pressed juice trend is huge right now, and juice cleanse programs are easy to come by. Although I don’t think I could ever hold up on a three-day juice cleanse without turning into a total monster, I do like the odd, fresh-made fruit and veggie juice.
This juice is one of my favorites to make at home because it contains just as many vegetables as fruits. I have trouble drinking juices that taste like green plants and dirt, and since these kinds are typically the ones that contain a lot of vegetables, I have to work hard to find and create juices with a good balance of fruits and veggies that also taste good to me.
This juice is high in vitamin C from the carrots, the antioxidant beta carotene, which gets converted into vitamin A, from the carrots and sweet potatoes, vitamin K from the cucumbers, as well as a whole list of other vitamins and minerals.
If you’re kind of like me and don’t really care for juice but want to get some extra healthy fruits and veggies in your life, give this a try! I might even consider doing a juice cleanse? I hear its good for you.
Cheers!!
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